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J. ULRICH. RIDING. HABIT. No. 443,587. Patented Dec.l 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

JEAN ULRICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,587, dated December 30,1890.

Application led May 19, 1890 To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN ULRICH, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ladies Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in -ladies riding-suits or riding-habits; and its object is to provide a riding-habit that may be easily and readilyconvertedinto an ulster or outer garment suitable for street wear when not used in riding, and vice versa, and at. the saine time to provide a riding-habit so constructed that the pommel of the saddle will not become caught in the skirt in case of a fall from the horse, but will easily be disengaged therefrom. I attain these objects by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows the garment worn as an ulster or street costume, the dotted line showing the flap folded back inside the skirt of the ulster and fastened by buttons on the inside of the skirt. Fig. 2 of the same plate is a sketch showing the garment worn as a riding-habit by a lady on horseback. Fig. 3 shows the skirt of the garment detached from the waist and thrown open, showing the fiap in detail folded back and fastened to buttons inside the skirt; and Fig. 4, the skirt of the garment used as a riding-habit with the flap unfolded and buttoned over upon the opposite side of the skirt as used in riding on horseback and in the position taken by the rider.

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The garment, which is made with any appropriate waist and of any suitable material, is provided with a skirt A, having attached to one side of it a iap B, of such size as may be necessary in order to be suitable to the wearer. It may be made of the same material as the rest of the garment. This flap is made with a fullness which is ironed into a gore C, in order that it may lie smooth when folded back inside the skirt. From the outer or free edge of this flap is cut a diamondshaped piece, which will of course vary in size to suit the form of the proposed wearer. The two opposite edges of the opening thus left near the inner or attached edge of the Serial No. 352,290. (No model.)

flap are sewed together, as shown by the seam G, Fig. 3, to the point F, leaving two free pointed ends I) and E, which are, when the flap is folded inside, fastened together by a buttonc, attached to the under flap.

X'Vhen it is desired to use thegarment as a riding-habit, the iiap B is unfastened from the buttons ct ct d, brought forward from the inside of the skirt, and the outer or free edge carried around across the front and buttoned to the buttons a a on the outside of the other side of the skirt, thus making a fullness to the skirt to allow the knee of the rider to rest'over the pommel of the saddle, the fullness given by the gore C aiding in this, as the knee of the rider when mounted will rest in it. When the rider is mounted, the pommel of the saddle rests in the opening H, caused by the two free pointed ends D and Eand the opening cut in the flap. Thus in case of the rider being unhorsed the pommel of the saddle will readily disengage itself from the habit and prevent the'riders being dragged along by the horse.

I am aware that garments have been designed provided with flaps or with removable pieces capable of being extended in front or behind, so as to cover the pommel or cantle of the saddle when used as riding-coats, and I therefore do not claim, broadly, the attaching of any flap to any such garment. I am also aware that a riding-habit for ladies has been designed provided with an opening' inone side of the skirt, into which the pommel of the saddle may fall and in which it may rest when the wearer is mounted, and I therefore do not claim, broadly, such opening in the Skirt.

That I do claim is- In ladies7 combined walking-garments and f ICO 

